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Saved by the People: The Creation of Clissold Park

The archive of the Clissold Park Preservation Committee detailing its campaign to save the park for the public

Category: The opposition

August 14, 1888July 13, 2016

‘We quite sympathise with the success which has attended the efforts of Mr. Joseph Beck to acquire Clissold Park…’

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July 18, 1888July 14, 2016

‘…At the Islington Vestry there was a heated discussion…’

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July 18, 1888July 14, 2016

‘After two nights of stormy wrangling…the [Islington] Vestry have agreed, in utter defiance of the parish, to contribute £2,500…’

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July 17, 1888July 14, 2016

Islington Vestry – The Purchase of Clissold Park – Disorderly Scenes at the Vestry

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June 15, 1888July 18, 2016

‘The Clissold-park swamp and swindle is re-started, this time with only half a nibble…’

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June 1, 1888July 14, 2016

Islington Vestry proceedings – The Battle of Clissold Park – ‘Renewed Fighting’ would have been a very appropriate sub-heading…

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June 12, 1887July 14, 2016

“As regards the necessity of a recreation ground I do not see it required whilst we have Finsbury Park…”

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